Can-opening device



.Nov. 6 1923. 1,472,862

F. B. ANGELL CAN OPENING DEVICE Filed June 19. 1922 i lmrllil g' g du. gv 4 a 2 ff I @E j; 27

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Patented Non, i5, i923.

- terasse FRANK B. ANGEL-L, OLT SAN FRANCESCO, CALFORNIA, ASSIG'OR 0l11SEVEN-SIT"- TEENTES TO LBERT KOENIG, (DE SAN FRANCSCI), CALFGSIA, TOCARL F. FORESTIER, O?? LOS ANGELES, GALIFORNIA.

CAN-OPENING DEVCE.

Application filed June 19, 1922. Serial No. 569,416.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that l, FRANK B. ANGELI., a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Can-OpeningDevices, of which the following is a specification.

rhis invention relates to improvements in l0 can openers7 the principalobject of which is to produce a can opener which will operate upon theside of a can in counter-distinction to the usual can opener whichoperated' upon the top or end of the can,

Another. object is to provide a can opener wherein the can beingoperated upon will be retained against turning.

A. further objectY is to provide means whereby the cutter lever will becentrally held with respect to the ve tical axis of the can. f

Still further objects are to provide simple means for gripping the can,simple means for effecting the adjustment for any size of can and simplemeans for retainingr the cutter in adjusted position with respectY tothe can.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing f1@ description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe same,

- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved opener shown applied to acan,

Figure 2 is a cross-section taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1 lookinginthe direction ofthe arrow,

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3 8 'of Figure 1loolringin the direction of the arrow, A v

liigure 4f is a vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.looking inthe. direction of the arrow,` and Figure 5 is a fragmentarydet-ail view of thelocking dog viewed from beneath the opener.

There V are many commodities upon the market that cannot. be removedfrom the can which is open on the end. that is by having a hole cut inone end. -The reason is that the restricted size of the hole is notsufficient. to provide for the sizeof the contents. This is true inemptying canned meats and tamales from the can. An attempt vhas beenmade to provide a side seam which can be torn with a key, but this hasproven unsatisfactory` owing to the tin out of which the can is madetearing. I Y i l therefore provid'ea can opener which has a cuttingknife which knife is adapted to penetrate the can and pass around theentire circumference of the can thereby severing one end of the canwhich'will allow the entire contents to be removed without breaking ordisiiguring. y Y Y In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purposeof illustration is shown a. preferred embodiment of my invention. thenumeral 6 represents the top of an ordinary camand the numeral 7 theside wall ofthe same. rlhis can is of the usual construction and' needsno further description.

By now referring to Figure 1, it will be noted that the numeral 8represents a bar AND ONE-EIGHTE provided midway of its Vlength withteeth 9 i,

and having at one end a V shaped member 11 which is equipped at itsextremities with serrations 12 which are adapted to contact the side ofthe can at a point adjacent the end. rl`his V shaped' member is alsoprovided with lugs'lf which are adapted to contact the end ofthe can asis shown in this figure. rlhe member 11 is preferably secured to the bar8 by rivets 111. vbut it is ob.- vious that any means of connectionmight *be used. rihe opposite end of the bar 8 is provided with anoffset portion 16. which offset portion engages portionof' a bar 17. The

part of the bar 17 adjacent this engagement is dovetailed' asis bestyshownfin VFigure t in g order that the offset portion 16 may slidablyengage the bar 17. This har is provided with a handle 18 at .one endand'at its opposite extremity with an offset portionV 19 similar inconstruction tothe offset portion V16 of the bar 8. This offsetportion19 engages the bar 8 asl shown in Figure 3 and is also dovetailedto form a sliding engagement. At 2 1 and at 22 l haveprovidedratchetteeth, which ratchet teeth are .adapted to VbeV contactedby afdog 23. rlhis dog is riveted or otherwise secured to a link24,V'pivoted as at 26 to the bar 8 and-provided withan operating knob 27.'A handle 28 is pivoted to the bar 17 as shown at 29n The oppositeextrem- I have shown teeth .formed on the bar 17,

ity of this pivoted handle is arcuate and rries serrations 81, thepurpose of which is to engage the side of the can in a. manner similarto the serrations 12 when the handle 28 is moved in the direction of thearrow A of Figure 1. l

By now referring to Figure-s 1 and 2, it will be lnoted that a pinion 32is positioned between the bars 8 and 17 in sucha manner that its teethengage the teeth 9 and 21 so that as the bars 8 and 17 lare moved lengttudinally relative to each other the pinion will roll therebetween.A A-bolt 33 passes through the center of the pinion 32 and has pivoted uponits upper extremity a lever 34 ,offset as atr 36 and terminating in ahandle 37. A slider'38- is adapted toengage the teeth 41 formed upon thelever 34. This slider v8,8 carriesa knife 42 upon its under' surface,whichA knife is vof the ordinary construction'. Thenumeral 18 designatesa'washerwhich is secured t0 the lower end of the bolt ywhich washerprevents the withdrawal of the pinion from its position between the bars8 and 17.

The operation of vmy device is as vfollows The device as a whole isplaced over the can so that the lugs'l rest upon the top of the can,which' brings theserrated portions of the V shaped member 11 intoContact with the side ofthe can. The knob 27 is then pressed withthethumb so as to disengage the dog 23 from the :ratchet 22 after whichrthe barsu 8 and` y17A may be moved longitudinally relative to eachother until the serrations 31`on the end of the handle 28 engage vtheoppositeside of the canas best shown in Figure'l, after which thehandles 18 and 28 are grasped in one hand so as to tendnto move themtogether thus firmly gripping the can top. The slider 88 is then movedtoward the can so that the knife 4t2 will Contact the can.l |The handles18 and y28 are then contracted so that the cutter 42 will pier/ce vtheside of the can as best Shown in Figure 2.L The tooth 89 on the sliderwill then Vautomatically engage the teeth41 as the handle 37v is movedin the direction of the arrow B. After a partial cut has been'made, thehandles 28 and 18 are released and the can` is partlyrotated afterfwhichanother cutis made. In this manner it is possible to cut around theentire top of thetany and sever the same without in any way.lmutilatingthel contents.

As before 'mentionech I have provided means whereby the bolt 33 willalways be positioned above the'center of thel can durinl1`the cuttingaction.

It is to beunderstood thatthe formof myfiventea herewith Shown anddscrlvelV is t0 be taken as' a preferred example 0f .theSeine;aadjthatvarieus,chansesia fileshare,

size and arrangement of paris may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the invention or the scope 0f the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

o claim 1. A device of the character described comprising spacedparallel bars, gripping means connected to said bars and adapted toengage the side wall of a can, a lever longitudinally movable betweensaid bars, i" and a cut-ting element slidable on said lever and adaptedto be rotated about lthe side wall of a can, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

2. A can opener comprising a pair off?` 3. A device of the character,described` comprisiim` a serrated bar, a V shaped mem ber secured toone end of said bar, lugs formed on said member and adapted to contactthe top of a can, a second bar having sliding engagement with said firstmentioned,

bar and having one of its faces serrated at pre-determined point-sthroughoutits length, means for temporarily locking said bars one to theother, a pivoted lever secured on said second mentioned bar and adaptedto co- 'operate with said V shaped member for engaging' the can, apivoted cutting lever supported between said bars, and a cutting'element'slidably mounted on said pivoted cutting` lever, for the purposespecified.

4. In a can opener, a V shaped member adapted to engage one side of acan, a pivoted lever, one end of which is adapted to contact theopposite side of` a can from said V shaped member,` abar secured to saidt shaped member, a bar secured to said pivoted lever, means formaintaining a sliding engagement with said bars, means for temporarilylocking said bars against 'movement in one direction, apinionpositionedbetween said bars and having` roll-Y ing engagement with the opposing,TAfaces` of said bars, a lever pivoted on said pinion, teeth formed onsaid lever, a slider movable longitudinally on said lever, a toothformed on said slider, said tooth being adaptedito engage said teeth onsaid leverv` and a cutter mounted below said slider and adapted toengage the side of a can atr a?, point Slightly below its top.

In testimonyfwhereof I airixnny4 signa,-

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